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physics.ins-det2019

Measurement of ambient neutrons in an underground laboratory at Kamioka Observatory and future plan

Keita Mizukoshi, Ryosuke Taishaku, Keishi Hosokawa +7

Ambient neutrons are one of the most serious backgrounds for underground experiments in search of rare events. The ambient neutron flux in an underground laboratory of Kamioka Obse…

physics.ins-det2019★ 33 cited

Measurement of the radon concentration in purified water in the Super-Kamiokande IV detector

Y. Nakano, T. Hokama, M. Matsubara +7

The radioactive noble gas radon can be a serious background source in the underground particle physics experiments studying processes that deposit energy comparable to its decay pr…

physics.ins-det2019★ 5 cited

Development of Low Radioactive Molecular Sieves for Ultra-Low Background Particle Physics Experiment

H. Ogawa, K. Abe, M. Matsukura +1

This study develops low radioactive molecular sieves (MS) for ultra-low background particle physics experiment. The manufactured MS is of type 4A. Ra and Th have co…

physics.ins-det2019★ 10 cited

AXEL: High-pressure Xe gas TPC for BG-free decay search

S. Obara, S. Ban, M. Hirose +15

AXEL is a high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber for neutrinoless double-beta decay (0n2b) search. The AXEL has a unique readout system called ELCC which has a cellular st…

physics.ins-det2019★ 3 cited

Development of a method for measuring rare earth elements in the environment for future experiments with gadolinium loaded detectors

S. Ito, T. Okada, Y. Takaku +7

Demand to use gadolinium (Gd) in detectors is increasing in the field of elementary particle physics, especially neutrino measurements and dark matter searches. Large amounts of Gd…

physics.ins-det2019★ 14 cited

High-light-yield calcium iodide (CaI2) scintillator for astroparticle physics

Takashi Iida, Kei Kamada, Masao Yoshino +3

A high light yield calcium iodide (CaI2) scintillator is being developed for an astroparticle physics experiments. This paper reports scintillation performance of calcium iodide (C…